Answering my own question: apparently you need to define a name property for the submit tag.
Thanks to http://www.coderanch.com/t/487063/Struts/Internationalization Miguel On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 18:33 +0100, Miguel Almeida wrote: > I noticed some OGNL warnings in my log that I show below [1]. > User scenario: > 1) go to form. no warnings > 2) submit form - page is reloaded. warnings appear. > > The warning is for property which is being used on a key: <s:submit > key="geral.save" />. The key is defined in globalmessages.properties. > > It seems the question of whether or not these warnings should appear has > been discussed in the mailing list before. What I couldn't find is this: > should there even be a warning in this case, given that the property > should be searched for in the i18n resources and not the action? > > > Thank you, > > Miguel Almeida > > [1] > 2012-07-27 18:28:12,879 WARN [CommonsLogger.java:60] : Error setting > expression 'geral.save' with value '[Ljava.lang.String;@5b36cbd0' > ognl.OgnlException: target is null for setProperty(null, "save", > [Ljava.lang.String;@5b36cbd0) > at ognl.OgnlRuntime.setProperty(OgnlRuntime.java:2309) > at ognl.ASTProperty.setValueBody(ASTProperty.java:127) > at ognl.SimpleNode.evaluateSetValueBody(SimpleNode.java:220) > at ognl.SimpleNode.setValue(SimpleNode.java:301) > at ognl.ASTChain.setValueBody(ASTChain.java:227) > at ognl.SimpleNode.evaluateSetValueBody(SimpleNode.java:220) > at ognl.SimpleNode.setValue(SimpleNode.java:301) > at ognl.Ognl.setValue(Ognl.java:737) > at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.OgnlUtil.setValue(OgnlUtil.java:217) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.OgnlValueStack.trySetValue(OgnlValueStack.java:186) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.OgnlValueStack.setValue(OgnlValueStack.java:173) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.OgnlValueStack.setParameter(OgnlValueStack.java:151) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ParametersInterceptor.setParameters(ParametersInterceptor.java:292) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ParametersInterceptor.doIntercept(ParametersInterceptor.java:203) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:98) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ParametersInterceptor.doIntercept(ParametersInterceptor.java:211) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:98) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.StaticParametersInterceptor.intercept(StaticParametersInterceptor.java:190) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > org.apache.struts2.interceptor.MultiselectInterceptor.intercept(MultiselectInterceptor.java:75) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > org.apache.struts2.interceptor.CheckboxInterceptor.intercept(CheckboxInterceptor.java:90) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > org.apache.struts2.interceptor.FileUploadInterceptor.intercept(FileUploadInterceptor.java:243) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ModelDrivenInterceptor.intercept(ModelDrivenInterceptor.java:100) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ScopedModelDrivenInterceptor.intercept(ScopedModelDrivenInterceptor.java:141) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > org.apache.struts2.interceptor.debugging.DebuggingInterceptor.intercept(DebuggingInterceptor.java:256) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ChainingInterceptor.intercept(ChainingInterceptor.java:145) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.PrepareInterceptor.doIntercept(PrepareInterceptor.java:171) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:98) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.I18nInterceptor.intercept(I18nInterceptor.java:176) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > org.apache.struts2.interceptor.ServletConfigInterceptor.intercept(ServletConfigInterceptor.java:164) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.AliasInterceptor.intercept(AliasInterceptor.java:192) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.itclinical.audit.AuditMeaningInterceptor.intercept(AuditMeaningInterceptor.java:45) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.itclinical.opensessioninview.OpenSessionInViewInterceptor.intercept(OpenSessionInViewInterceptor.java:75) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > security.interceptors.AnnotatedRolesInterceptor.intercept(AnnotatedRolesInterceptor.java:63) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > org.apache.struts2.impl.StrutsActionProxy.execute(StrutsActionProxy.java:54) > at > org.apache.struts2.components.ActionComponent.executeAction(ActionComponent.java:293) > at > org.apache.struts2.components.ActionComponent.end(ActionComponent.java:175) > at > org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.ComponentTagSupport.doEndTag(ComponentTagSupport.java:42) > at > org.apache.jsp.jsp.user.manage_jsp._jspx_meth_s_action_1(org.apache.jsp.jsp.user.manage_jsp:874) > at > org.apache.jsp.jsp.user.manage_jsp._jspx_meth_s_form_1(org.apache.jsp.jsp.user.manage_jsp:815) > at > org.apache.jsp.jsp.user.manage_jsp._jspx_meth_s_if_1(org.apache.jsp.jsp.user.manage_jsp:751) > at > org.apache.jsp.jsp.user.manage_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.jsp.user.manage_jsp:128) > at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:109) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820) > at > org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:389) > at > org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:486) > at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:380) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:534) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:476) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:119) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:517) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:226) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:934) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:404) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:184) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:869) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:117) > at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Dispatcher.forward(Dispatcher.java:285) > at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Dispatcher.forward(Dispatcher.java:116) > at > org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ServletDispatcherResult.doExecute(ServletDispatcherResult.java:164) > at > org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.StrutsResultSupport.execute(StrutsResultSupport.java:186) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.executeResult(DefaultActionInvocation.java:374) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:278) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.DefaultWorkflowInterceptor.doIntercept(DefaultWorkflowInterceptor.java:176) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:98) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.ValidationInterceptor.doIntercept(ValidationInterceptor.java:265) > at > org.apache.struts2.interceptor.validation.AnnotationValidationInterceptor.doIntercept(AnnotationValidationInterceptor.java:68) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:98) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ConversionErrorInterceptor.intercept(ConversionErrorInterceptor.java:138) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ParametersInterceptor.doIntercept(ParametersInterceptor.java:211) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:98) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ParametersInterceptor.doIntercept(ParametersInterceptor.java:211) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:98) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.StaticParametersInterceptor.intercept(StaticParametersInterceptor.java:190) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > org.apache.struts2.interceptor.MultiselectInterceptor.intercept(MultiselectInterceptor.java:75) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > org.apache.struts2.interceptor.CheckboxInterceptor.intercept(CheckboxInterceptor.java:90) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > org.apache.struts2.interceptor.FileUploadInterceptor.intercept(FileUploadInterceptor.java:243) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ModelDrivenInterceptor.intercept(ModelDrivenInterceptor.java:100) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ScopedModelDrivenInterceptor.intercept(ScopedModelDrivenInterceptor.java:141) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > org.apache.struts2.interceptor.debugging.DebuggingInterceptor.intercept(DebuggingInterceptor.java:256) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ChainingInterceptor.intercept(ChainingInterceptor.java:145) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.PrepareInterceptor.doIntercept(PrepareInterceptor.java:171) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:98) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.I18nInterceptor.intercept(I18nInterceptor.java:176) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > org.apache.struts2.interceptor.ServletConfigInterceptor.intercept(ServletConfigInterceptor.java:164) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.AliasInterceptor.intercept(AliasInterceptor.java:192) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.itclinical.audit.AuditMeaningInterceptor.intercept(AuditMeaningInterceptor.java:45) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > com.itclinical.opensessioninview.OpenSessionInViewInterceptor.intercept(OpenSessionInViewInterceptor.java:75) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > security.interceptors.AnnotatedRolesInterceptor.intercept(AnnotatedRolesInterceptor.java:63) > at > com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) > at > org.apache.struts2.impl.StrutsActionProxy.execute(StrutsActionProxy.java:54) > at > org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.serviceAction(Dispatcher.java:511) > at > org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher.doFilter(FilterDispatcher.java:432) > at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler > $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1323) > at > com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.obtainContent(SiteMeshFilter.java:129) > at > com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.doFilter(SiteMeshFilter.java:77) > at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler > $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1323) > at > org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ActionContextCleanUp.doFilter(ActionContextCleanUp.java:102) > at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler > $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1323) > at security.jaas.aux.FilterRoles.doFilter(FilterRoles.java:50) > at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler > $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1323) > at > org.displaytag.filter.ResponseOverrideFilter.doFilter(ResponseOverrideFilter.java:125) > at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler > $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1323) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:474) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:119) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:517) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:226) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:934) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:404) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:184) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:869) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:117) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:247) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:151) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:116) > at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:346) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:581) > at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection > $RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:1057) > at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:807) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:220) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:411) > at > org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.handle(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:526) > at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint > $1.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:41) > at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool > $3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:528) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) >
